Changes in Ganesh procession at Charminar

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, AUG. 21. There will be some minor changes in the movement of the centralised Ganesh idol immersion procession this year on September 1 on account of the new fencing erected around Charminar and also due to the closure of the Lower Tank Bund road for traffic.

The centralised procession coming from Kotla Alijah side will take a right turn at Charminar and proceed towards Gulzar Houz from Laxmi temple side of the monument. Earlier, the procession used to take a left turn and pass in front of the Charminar police station.

However, in view of the new fencing erected around Charminar, it would be difficult for the heavy vehicles to negotiate the turn through the narrow road between the fencing and the built-up area. The police officials were toying with the idea of requesting the Ganesh Utsav Samiti to erect the welcome stage facing Gulzar Houz.

``We have not yet spoken to the Ganesh Utsav Samiti regarding this. Even if they do not agree for shifting the welcome stage, the procession would have to take a right turn,'' the DCP, Traffic, Mr. M.V. Dinakar Prasad, said. The traffic DCP held a marathon meeting with his subordinates to review the traffic arrangements on the day of idols' immersion.

The closure of the Lower Tank Bund - Indira Park Road for traffic in view of the fly-over construction is forcing the police to opt for a new route for vehicles coming from Shankar Mutt side. These vehicles would be diverted to take a left turn at the RTC crossroads, proceed to Narayanguda, where they will again take a right turn at the new fly over to reach Liberty via Himayatnagar.

The vehicles coming from Mushirabad side would also have to take the same route, as authorities were contemplating opening the Kavadiguda Road via Praga tools only for vehicles returning from the immersion site. The idols coming from Secunderabad side would be asked to take a right turn at Buddha Bhavan and proceed towards Sanjeevaiah Park, where three cranes would be erected.

The DCP North, Mr. M. Punna Rao, DCP East, Mr. C.V. Anand, and other traffic officials went on a route survey on Tuesday to finalise the routes.

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